By Aaron Cutler January 29, 2014

In 2011, a production of short Beckett plays that British theater director Peter Brook had helped conceive came to New York. Its actors filled a bare stage with clear intentions and strong emotions; the effect of watching them was of seeing a world built out of thin air. For the 50-plus years during which he had been staging such all-from-nothing shows, Brook refused to allow rehearsals to be filmed, believing... More >>>